{"id":978,"date":"2012-11-05T05:59:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningnewsinverse.com\/?p=978"},"modified":"2012-11-05T05:59:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T12:59:38","slug":"the-new-election-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/?p=978","title":{"rendered":"THE NEW ELECTION POLES"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Suzanne Sparrow Watson<\/p>\n

As I write this we are two days away from the election.\u00a0 Or, as we say in our house, 48 hours away from re-gaining control of our telephone.\u00a0 I know we\u2019re not alone in this. \u00a0It seems people everywhere are complaining that robo calls have disturbed dinner, naps and even Monday Night Football.\u00a0 Do you think it\u2019s possible that the machines actually do <\/i>come alive in the wee hours to plot the most effective ways to torture us?<\/p>\n

Most of the calls tout a politician\u2019s virtues.\u00a0 Or is that a self-cancelling phrase?\u00a0 In any event, in all the years\u00a0I’ve\u00a0been voting I have never received a call from a polling company.\u00a0 This is truly remarkable given the number of polls that have sprung up.\u00a0 Remember when\u00a0Gallup was the only poll?\u00a0 And remember when nobody paid attention to it?<\/p>\n

In an attempt to get a jump on the 2016 race I am thinking of some new polls that people might actually care about. \u00a0In my opinion, here\u2019s what I think the pollsters should be asking:<\/p>\n